This
vCenter
Hyperic installer script uses the
full
qualifier. It can be used to install both the
vCenter
Hyperic server and the agent.

If you use a different mode,
some of the prompts described in this procedure will not appear. Default values
will be used instead for most configuration options.

Prerequisites

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If you are using an
external PostgreSQL database, you must set it up before installing
vCenter
Hyperic server.

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To configure the
vCenter
Hyperic server to use a keystore that you manage yourself for SSL
communication, rather than Hyperic-generated keystores, set up a JKS format
keystore for the
vCenter
Hyperic server on its host and import the SSL certificate for it.
Make a note of the full path to the keystore, and its password. You will supply
this information when you run the Hyperic installer (in
-full mode).

The
vCenter
Hyperic server's keystore password and private key password must
be the same, otherwise the
vCenter
Hyperic server's internal Tomcat-based server will be unable to
start.

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Define the server
HQ_JAVA_HOME location.

vCenter
Hyperic platform-specific server installers include a JRE,
platform-independent installers do not. Depending on your environment and the
installer you use, you may need to define the location of the JRE to ensure
that the server can find the JRE to use. See
Configuring JRE Locations for vCenter Hyperic Components.

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Verify that the
vCenter
Hyperic database is available. During installation, the
vCenter
Hyperic server tests the database connection.

Would you like to use an auto generated encryption
key to encrypt the database password? [default '1']

If you
accept the default, the installer will generate a key for encrypting the
database password. Type
2 to supply the string yourself and, when
prompted, type a string of at least 8 characters.

If the installer detects a database from a previous
Hyperic installation, it will prompt you to:

1: Upgrade the HQ
server database

2: Overwrite the HQ
server database

Type
1 to preserve your existing
vCenter
Hyperic data. You also need to migrate your server and database
to the new version.

Type
2 to erase all of the data in your
vCenter
Hyperic database.

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Exit the installer.

The installer indicates that
the installation was successful.The URL for the
vCenter
Hyperic portal and the default username and password appear.

What to do next

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After successfully
installing
vCenter
Hyperic server, delete
InstallerHome/logs/hq-install.log
and
hq-install.log.verbose,
or the whole the exploded installer. This is necessary to delete sensitive data
that is written to the installation log files.

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Integrate
vCenter
Hyperic with your existing enterprise directory. The
vCenter
Hyperic server does not include a strength-of-password policy, or
a lockout policy for failed login attempts.